Manure-loader.



M. E., J. P. & J. V. FOLEY & J. J. BUOHAN MANURE LOADER. APPLICATIONFILED JAN.16,1913.

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APPLICATION TILED JAN.16,1913,

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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MICHAEL EDWARD FOLEY, OF MELVIN, IOWA, JOSEPH P. FOLEY, OF GABIVIN,MINNE- SOTA, AND JOHN V. FOLEY AND JOHN J. BUOI-IAN, 0F MELVIN, IOWA.

MANURE-LOADER.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MICHAEL EDWARD FOLEY, ofMelvin, Osceola county, State of Iowa, Josnrn F. Forum, of Garvin, Lyoncounty, State of Minnesota, and JOHN V. FOLEY and JOHN J. BUCHAN, ofMelvin, Osceola county, State of Iowa, citizens of the United States,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure-Load ers, ofwhich the following is a full descrip tion.

This invention relates to hoisting, and more especially to bucketsemployed therein; and the object of the same is to produce an improveddumping bucket capable more especially for use in a machine for loadingmanure onto a wagon or other vehicle.

The object is accomplished by the construction hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 isa general perspective view of this machine complete. Fig. 2 is a planview of the bucket, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is across section on the line a-a of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective detailof the lever, and Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of the pivot therefor.Fig. 7 is a perspective detail of the hanger. Fig. 8 is a perspectivedetail of the catch.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a suitable framework mounted ona base 2 which by preference has runners 3 so that it may be drawn overthe ground to a proper point, and the framework supports a post 1- whoseupper end carries a swivel 5 in which is pivoted a boom 6 suitablytrussed as at 7 One extremity of this boom is connected by a hoistingrope 8 with a distant source of power (not shown), the rope leading overa pulley block 9 secured to the lower end of the post and around anotherpulley block 10 at one end of the boom, and when this rope is drawn uponit will be obvious that the boom is canted within its swivel in theordinary manner.

The numeral 11 designates a swinging rope attached to that end of theboom which carries the pulley block 10 and when this rope is drawn uponthe entire boom will be turned around the swivel in the top of the post4 so as to carry the bucket attached to the other end of the boom to anysuitable point.

The bucket in the present case may be and Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed January 16, 1913.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

Serial No. 742,516.

preferably is a rectangular box 12 which when not in use is sunk into ahole 13 in the ground so that the open upper end of the bucket is levelwith the surface of the ground, and from time to time we propose toscrape the manure accumulating on the ground into said box or bucket, orgather it thereinto in any suitable way. Secured to opposite ends of thebucket body are upright straps let having eyes 15 at their lower ends,and through said eyes passes the body 16 of a hanger best seen in Fig.7, its ends 17 being upturned and formed into hooks 18 with which areadapted to be engaged eyes 19 at the lower extremities of a bail 20carried by this end of the boom 6. For maintaining the ends 17 of thehanger in upright positions parallel with the straps let when the bucketis being raised and moved, and yet freeing them therefrom at times whenit is desired to dump the bucket, we provide the following mechanism:Secured to one end of the bucket body at a proper point is an Lshapedkeeper 21 whose foot 22 stands in position to be struck by thecontiguous upright end 17 of the hanger as seen in Fig. 3; and pivotedat 23 to this end of the bucket on the other side of the strap 14 is acatch 24 best seen in Fig. 8 whose foot 25 coacts with the foot 22 tohold said end 17 upright as seen in full lines in Fig. 2, but which footmay be drawn in against the end of the box so that the end of the hangercan pass the same as seen in dotted lines in the same view. Connectedwith said catch between its ends is a bolt 26 which passes through ahole in the end of the box and receives a nut 27, and pivoted inside thebox is a lever 28 having a fork 29 at one end which stands astride thebolt 26 behind its nut so that when the lever is actuated the entirebolt is drawn inward against the tension of the expansive spring 30coiled on the bolt between the end of the box and the catch 24;.

The lever is by preference made of strap metal and given a twist as seenat 31 in Fig. 5, its body being pierced with a number of holes 32 andwith an eye 33 at its remote end, and with said eye is engaged the triprope 3 1 which passes through a hole in the end of the bucket and is ledto within reach of the operator. In Fig. 1 we have shown this trip ropeand the swing rope 11 as constituting the opposite extremities of asingle line which it is to be understood will be loose enough to permitits center to reach to the operator, and when he draws on one end ofthis rope he swings the boom whereas by drawing on the other end of therope he trips the catch in a manner yet to be described. It is quitepossible to so use but a single rope because, when the boom is swung bydrawing in on one end, 11, it is necessary that the other end, 3 1,shall be paid out, and vice versa. The pivot for the lever is best seenin Fig. 6. It comprises an L-shaped bolt whose horizontal arm 35 passesthrough the end of the box, to which it is adjustably secured by twonuts 36; and whose upright arm 37 passes through one of the holes 32 inthe lever 28, which latter is held thereon between two other nuts39thereby permit ting the necessary and desirable adjustments. Finallythe mechanism within this end of the box is by preference protected fromthe contents thereof by means of a hood or guard 10, which is shown insection in Fig. 2 and may consist simply of a board nailed across thebody of this box at a slight distance from its end as illustrated. Thehooked ends 18 of the hanger should rise sufiiciently high to be abovethe center of gravity of the box and its contents and to be accessibleto the operator when the box is in the hole 13, because he will have topass the eyes 19 of the bail 20 down outside of the box and engage themwith the said hooks, and possibly he may have to scrape away the dirt atthe points 13 in order to do so. The parts are preferably entirely ofwood, excepting the hardware and the ropes, and their dimensions andexact constructions may be altered at will.

The operation of this device is as follows: The hole is dug in thebarnyard or at some point where manure accumulates, and the box is sunktherein level with or slightly below the surface of the earth, andperiaps the box is covered with planks until the time for its usearrives, in order that the stock will not get into the box. Then theplanks are removed and by means of a suit-able scraper or with anordinary shovel the operator draws the manure to and into the box whichwill probably be of a size to fill a small-sized wagon, although it isquite possible to have two such boxes in a good-sized barnyard and ofsuch capacity that jointly they would fill an ordinary farm wagon. Letus assume that there are two boxes, although but one is shown in Fig. 1.A team is hitched to the base 2 and it is drawn with its framework 1 andpost 4 to a point say midway between the boxes, and here it comes torest and may be staked to the ground. The block-and-tackle is thenconnected up as shown, and probably a whiffle-tree and horse will beattached to the outer end of the hoisting rope 8. The operator thendraws down on the bail 20 until he can engage its eyes 19 with the hooks18 of the hanger which stands beneath one of the boxes, and the rope orropes 3 1 and 11 are attached as shown. The wagon to be loaded is backedup to a suitable point which would be the rear of Fig. 1, and the horseattached to the remote end of the hoisting rope 8 is started up; thisraises the bucket 12 out of the hole 13 and to a height which is abovethe wagon body, and the operator then draws in on the rope 11 to swingthe boom 6 until the bucket is directly over said wagon. Thereupon hedraws upon the other rope 34 so that the lever 28 is turned on itspivot, its fork 29 behind the nut 27 draws the bolt 26 inward againstthe tension of the spring 30, and the catch is turned on its pivot 23until its foot 25 contacts with the end of the box. The tension on thetrip rope will then pull the box in a direction which will be toward thereader in Fig. 1 and downward in Fig. 2, and it swings over its pivotalsupports which are the eyes 15 at the lower ends of the straps 1st andtherefore below the center of gravity. Meanwhile the ends 17 of thehanger 16 move relatively to the rear, that end which coacts with thecatch moving past the latter and past its pivot 23 in a manner whichwill be clear. Thus the bucket is permitted to dump its load int-o thewagon and the strain on the horse or other lifting device is removedexcepting for the weight of the bucket itself. The latter is then swungback to a position over the hole 13, the horse backed until the bucketcomes within reach of the operator w 10 steps up to it and rights it tothe position shown in Fig. 1, and the horse then further backed untilthe bucket drops into the hole 13 and the eyes 19 of the bail aredisengaged from the hooks 18. If there be another hole and box at theopposite side of the derrick, as suggested above, the swing rope 11 isthen drawn upon until the boom is reversed from the positionillustrated, and the operation at that side of the base 2 is repeated,excepting that in this instance the boom with its load will be swung inthe opposite direction to bring the other box over the wagon and dropits contents thereinto. Both boxes (or many boxes if there are many)being finally returned to their holes in the ground, the base 2 and thesuperstructure mounted thereon can be drawn to a convenient place ofstorage and left there until further occasion for their use occurs.

We have thus described the uses of this structure although we do notWish to be limited strictly thereto as it is quite clear that thehoisting mechanism and the dumping bucket could be used for otherpurposes, or the bucket itself might be used in connection with adifferent form of derrick.

Vhat is claimed as new is:

1. The herein described bucket for manure loaders and the likeconsisting of a box open at its top and having a partition across itsinterior near one end, upright straps secured outside the ends of saidbox and having eyes at their lower extremities, a U- shaped hanger whosebody is journaled in said eyes and whose ends are upturned outside theends of said box and provided with hooks for connection with thehoisting mechanism, a catch normally engaging one of said hanger-ends tohold the same upright, and catch-tripping mechanism located within thebox between the end of the latter and said partition.

2. The herein described bucket for manure loaders and the likeconsisting of a box open at its top and having a partition across itsinterior near one end, upright straps secured outside the ends of saidbox and having eyes at their lower extremities, a U- shaped hanger whosebody is journaled in said eyes and whose ends are upturned outside theends of said box and provided with hooks for connection with thehoisting mechanism, a catch normally engaging one of said hanger-ends tohold the same upright, a lever pivoted inside the box-end be- .tween thelatter and said partition, connections between one end of said lever andsaid catch for tripping the latter, and a trip-rope leading from theother end of the lever through the box-end and to a remote point, forthe purpose set forth.

3. The herein described bucket for manure loaders and the likeconsisting of a box open at its top and having eyes in its ends, a U-shaped hanger whose body is journaled in said eyes and whose ends areupturned outside the ends of said box and adapted for connection withthe hoisting mechanism, a catch normally engaging one of said hangerendsto hold the same upright, a lever pivoted inside the box-end,connections between one end of said lever and said catch for trippingthe latter, and a trip rope leading from the other end of the lever to aremote point, for the purpose set forth.

4. In a hoisting bucket, the combination with the body, and a hangerpivotally mounted along the bottom of the same and having upturned endswith hooked extremities; of a keeper secured to one end of the box inposition to be struck by one of said ends when the latter standstuoright, a catch pivoted at its outer end to this end of the 5? box andhaving a foot at its inner end adapted to engage said hanger end whenthe latter stands upright and against its keeper, a bolt projecting fromthe mid-length of said catch through the end of the box and having a nutat its inner end, an expansive spring coiled on said bolt between thebox and catch, a lever pivoted within the boxbody and having one endtwisted and forked and passing astride said bolt behind its 5 nut, and atriprope leading from the other end of said lever through the box-endand to a remote point, for the purpose set forth.

5. In a hoisting bucket, the combination with the body, and a hangerpivotally mounted along the bottom of the same and having upturned endswith hooked extremities; of a keeper secured to one end of the box inposition to be struck by one of said ends when the latter standsupright, a catch pivoted at its outer end to this end of the box andhaving a foot at its inner end adapted to be engaged with saidhanger-end when the latter stands upright and against its keeper, a boltprojecting from the midlength so of said catch through the end of thebox and having a nut at its inner end, an expansive spring coiled onsaid bolt between the box and catch, an L-shaped pivot whose horizontalarm passes through the box-end and is adjustably mounted therein bymeans of two nuts and whose upright arm stands within said box end andcarries two nuts, a strap-metal lever standing within the box andpivoted between its ends on said upright arm with its inner end twistedand forked and engaging said catch-bolt behind its nut and its outer endpierced with an eye, and a trip-rope connected with said eye and passingthrough the box-end to a remote point,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

